We have been coming here for so many years to this same
condo it almost feels more like home than our actual home. We tend to attach
ourselves to leisure places (here and the cottage) more than our actual place
of living. When the kids move out one day it is a sure thing we will be moving into
a small apartment and then using our money for paying off mortgage and debts
and travelling to places like this!
This trip has been so good. Even better than usual if
that is possible. Most days’ good weather and some cloudier and windier and rainier
but in general really good. We have been doing thing is a bit differently this
trip. Hers a few highlights:
We fostered a dogJ
We are fostering another puppy for a long walk tomorrowJ
We went parasailing yesterday high up into the sky
We went on a conch tour on a boat
We are talking to lots of people and being very social
(usually in a week we barely speak other than to each other)
Each morning our alarm is set for 7:45 am and we get up
and start day then or go to the outside bed on the porch and sleep off and on
until about 9am. We have never gotten up past 8am from bed.
We are taking a nap almost every day for about an hour and
a half on the beach. Today we came up to room and slept on porch from 6-7:30pm.
If we had not put on alarm we would have slept through the night
When we go out to eat it is cheap hole in the wall restos
like tonight
We watch a movie every night
We take long walks almost daily unless we are super lazy
like today
Hubby jogs every second day on the beach. So proud of
this guy!!!
Today I approached the hotel for business. I want to come
back. He seemed interested and I got his email
We are talking about all sorts of new things in our lives
that are totally new. In some ways it’s like discovering a different landscape
of our normal lives in the last two years. It weird how when something changes
everything changes. We are different people here now than we were two years ago
the last time we came.
We spend hours and hours a day dreaming of ways of how to
come back here or how to buy this condo. (PS we have been having this
conversation for 7 yrs. now)
We talk to all the locals and they are so super sweet
Our eldest son would kill us but we went to a local resto
tonight (cheap hole in the wall) and the hotel told us to take a taxi as not
super safe as lots of stray dogs and locals I guess vs tourist area. We took a
chance to save 24 dollar cab ride and
walked the 6 local minutes. The food was amazing!!!! But that was dumb we admit
We facetimed all our kids last night and my mom (no
contact before that to give them and us a real mental break and true couple
time). It was so wonderful speaking to them all and was on facetime for more
than an hour. Love them all so much. Beauty was so cute. I think she was scared
to tell us about a particular mark on her report card, but not the time to
react when we are away. We love them all.
At the age they are at now so easy to leave. We don't worry a single bit (maybe we should as Chase is going clubbing for the first time ever tomorrow night. A month from 18 yrs old hard to say no! Hope he doesn't get arrested and put in jail as nobody to bail him out as Didi goes to sleep super early:))
We are having near panic attacks looking at our schedules
for next week when back to work and monkey bar gym. We arrive at midnight and
as of 6am that next morning and every morning until X-mas packed solid. Good
news for business but bad news for enjoying life!!!
Such a luscious trip. Every moment of it.
Our motto: Work hard and play hard. And live life in a
series of extremely intense sprints. Don’t run marathons. Glad we have each other
and both feel this way. It’s not for everyone-but it’s for us. The high stress
high adrenaline of these sprints makes us feel like we earn the breaks to
re-energize. We appreciate every moment of vacation as so incredibly different from
our lives.
Not ready for the next sprint though. Glad we still have
three days of heaven.
